FACT

01/28/2025

Our awesome Youth Pastor Megan Roache had some great encouragement for our youth this week that I felt compelled to share with you all..."Give your yes to the Lord this week. There will be several moments in your life when the Lord calls you to move forward in obedience to what He’s called you to do. THE MANDATE ON YOUR LIFE IS WAITING ON YOUR YES. Maybe you’ve known for years, or you’ve seen glimpses, or you’ve had moments in prayer with others who have spoken life over your future. Either way, God will accomplish His mission. At some point, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE TO SAY YES TO HIS CALL. He wants to use you! What others think, your own fears, the temptation to lessen your own ability? Don’t diminish the call of Jesus over your life! None of that matters in light of the God who carries you when He calls you."
Such powerful words! God's mandate is waiting on you, ouch! How has He led you to act, to serve, to love? Whatever He calls you to, He will give you the ability to do. Often, those abilities do not show up until we ACT in FAITH and say "Yes!"

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01/10/2025

01/06/2025

We are looking for a few additional Spanish speaking volunteers to help during our monthly events (2nd Saturday each month, 8am - 9:30am). Shoot us a message if you'd be interested!

01/02/2025

Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren have adopted eight children and have also cared for foster children. They also have 3 biological children.
The Dungys are advocates for adoption and foster care. Tony is a national spokesman for All Pro Dad, a program that helps recruit and raise awareness for adoptive and foster families.
Tony and Lauren co-wrote We Chose You: A Book About Adoption, Family, and Forever Love. The Dungys have said that they love children and are passionate about mentoring and supporting them. They say that they keep going with prayer and by making time for each other.
Tony Dungy is a former professional football player, head coach, and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts.

12/05/2024

This hits good

Podcast Episode · The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe · 11/19/2024 · 1h 11m

12/02/2024

We have 14 kiddos receiving support at HSC that are in need of a winter coat! If you would like to purchase or sponsor a coat by designating a financial donation, please contact Darla at [email protected].

11/29/2024

We look forward to having you join us this Sunday December 1 at 9am for Foster and Adoption support group at Grace Church Plano. Childcare provided!

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11/25/2024

11/16/2024

FACT is helping Embrace Texas with hosting Threaded this morning. Excellent discussion.

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”

11/10/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100044252418365/posts/1144990410319362/?mibextid=r5uJeJ

I don’t know why people think that trauma just disappears after adoption happens, or that adoptive families & kiddos no longer need support. Adoption is beautiful, but we have to remember that it also comes with so much brokenness.

I know because I’m living it everyday. As an adoptive mom, I can guarantee you that when the judge signs those papers, it may calm the chaos of the process; but it won’t calm the chaos that trauma brings.

All adopted children have experienced trauma—yes, even ones separated from their parents at birth. Trauma/abuse/neglect can start prenatally & we know being seperated from their mom who carried them for nine months in itself is extreme trauma. Trauma physically rewires our children’s brains which can cause attachment, anger & behavioral disruptions far beyond what society considers ‘normal’ for most kids.

This cannot & will not be healed overnight or by a judge signing some paperwork.

After adoption, it’s still a struggle for our families to find babysitters who can manage, friends that are understanding, teachers that are trauma informed or even health care professionals that fully grasp the effects of trauma.

Our children need gentle understanding just like they did before adoption took place; & adoptive families still need support so we can continue to do the hard work that helping heal brains & bodies affected by trauma entails.

11/07/2024

Wow!
“I’ll take that one!”
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11/04/2024

Lately I’ve been feeling a bit (and bunch) duped by God. Some of my children are turning out to be far more challenging than I ever feared possible. A bait and switch by the Messiah himself. He led me into a beautiful calling only to reveal the hardest days of my humanity. And now I’m stuck.

The conflicts. The advocating. The interruptions. The dead ends. The hopes up. The let downs. The constant chaos. The trajectory changes.

He brought this to me and I’m somehow supposed to be okay with it all.

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But when I find a rare sliver of silence and sacred solitude, I am reminded that God does not dupe. He does not deceive. He does not lead us to places that he has not enveloped.

And he can be trusted.

It’s the one truth I can tell to myself and speak to you.

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So if you’re a mama who is sitting in the sorrow of a life that’s caught you by surprise, you are not alone. I don’t know when relief is coming but I do know God is present and faithful and powerful.

Rest with the truth today that he works it all for good. Surrender to his sovereignty in the hardest and darkest days and watch and wait because he surely sees every single second. And there isn’t one daunting detail that hasn’t passed thru his almighty hands.

Hugs to you, my foster mama friend.
You’re exactly where you are supposed to be standing.

10/10/2024

Register on Humanitix - Embrace's Child to Family Connection November 2024. CityBridge Community Church, 6400 K Ave, Plano, TX 75074, USA. Wednesday November 13th 2024. Find event information.